As the light blue hue vanish, I start to put myself in the same state of mind of before. Concentrating on the feverish sensation I got while "meditating", this time I keep my eyes open.

What I hope is to see the moment the "mana" appear, and if there's some kind of clue to prove some of the theories I'm thinking.

Well keeping my eyes open and unfocused while concentrating on meditation proved to be really difficult. Together with the increasing self-crippling doubts about my debatable behavior...

Still after what I judged to be ten minutes, the hue reappeared. Like a flickering light it abruptly ended, but it proved that even with open eyes it still can form.

The couple of seconds didn't give me time enough to analyze any peculiarity in this "mana" but the fact in itself can be a proof of something.

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- Ok, so if the change in MP display, from 100 to 100/100, is related to my meditation then...

Then it's possible that meditation can influence mana, and maybe the fact the blue hue goes off almost instantly is because the mana is already at is max value. But the HP to be full again...

I start scratching my bandaged hand thinking about all this whole situation, and how I'm dangerously starting to immerse myself into it. Than i notice that the bandage feel suddenly dry, yes the wound didn't bleed much to begin with, but before the mana experiment it still felt a little sticky.

Uncoiling the bandage revealed a perfectly closed wound, and in it's place a small scar. Even the blood on the fabric is more like fine powder more than dry stain.

- Well this will surely make a wonderful ad for cleaning product...

Trying to escape the "reality" of this new absurdity isn't really helping. After a couple of hit on the wall the fabric returned practically clean like before.

Another mystery add to the growing list, first of all is obviously what's happening, but a gut feeling tell me it will take time to find acceptable solutions.

Anyway, before giving myself an headache, better start to see how to deplete MP. Now if meditation refill it almost all stories on mana say it's the fuel for magic so let's begin.

I have to admit that the idea of magic is attractive, not like when I was younger but still exciting.

The most basic "spell" I can think of is fire, but how to proceed? Chants? Formulas? Hand gestures?

- Fire! ... Flame! ... Rapid oxidation! ...

I must tell that if any of this worked, especially the last, I was going to be surprised. Assuming the simplicity of this whole system maybe it's like the monitoring intent of crafting?

Concentrating on the wanted result... Not even a small spark...

Concentrating on the image of a flame and thinking of the simplified process that's fire itself... Still no result...

Concentrating on both image and process and speaking - Flame! aloud... Not even smoke...

Wait, fire need fuel, only air isn't enough from my memories of school chemistry, and if mana/MP is really the fuel of magic...

Concentrating like before and trying to reproduce the same meditating sensation was really hard, but the reward was huge. Even better the fact that speaking word isn't really needed .

A flame, big exactly like I imagined, appeared on my right palm. Red, high like my index finger and dancing like a candle flame. For a moment I really found it the most beautiful little thing.

But the brief lapse in concentration proved fatal for my little flame. I believe the first was the mana feed to be cut than the concentration on the flame itself.

Still I can consider this time to be a full success.

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